Joseph Hogue worked in private wealth management and venture capital for more than a decade before creating his online business. He has self-published 10 books on personal finance and investing. He also runs multiple websites and a popular YouTube channel with over 17K subscribers.

Joseph Hogue Vroom Veer Stories

What was your experience growing up in Iowa?  Jeff grew up in rural northern Michigan
What did you get out of serving in the Marine Corps?
Went to college at IOWA and went immediately into a corporate job in Finance; was really bored in a cubical
Escaped to Columbia to a work as a consultant while still single; found a wife but not enough income...yet
Moved back to IOWA and worked a government job for 5 years while working on his side hustles; websites and freelancing
Learned that early retirement is not really what we should be aiming for; because the classic version of retirement is boring to the nth degree
Basic investment approach is to have 70-80 percent of your money in boring low fee index funds; and if you want to; explore riskier ideas with the remaining 20-30 percent
The riskier ideas fill the emotional desire to "be doing something" and scratches some sort of itch that can be fun

Joseph Hogue Connections

Here I detail that core-satellite strategy I talked about
A post I talk more about that first money mistake and how it's more important to set realistic goals
My Work from Home blog
Peer Finance 101
Let's Talk Money Youtube Channel